BBC Three show Famalam criticised for Jamaican 'stereotypes'

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Critics say comedy show also appears to invoke stereotypes of African-Caribbean men

The BBC has been criticised after it released a clip from a new series of a sketch show that appeared to invoke stereotypes about Jamaican people.

 

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Hahahaha. The Guardian is eating itself again with contradictions and inconsistencies. You can never be woke enough, or the correct type of woke. It is a never ending project of virtue signaling, ego and power struggles. Reducing life to a game of office politics.

I suggest a blank screen, so nothing can be criticised by the Grauniad.

This is the unfunny garbage you end up with when you commission work based on criteria other than talent. See also Mrs Brown's Boys.

This is deeply offensive to people from Jamaica, the show Famalam is a show created by Black Africans, who may not have a full appreciation of Black Caribbean culture.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 this actually real rubbish to bbc

Yehhhh man

Never heard of it.

And? IT IS COMEDY It is meant to be over the top.

Black comedians make comedy that doesn't conform to woke orthodoxy and get condemned. To the woke its not about being black, its about being the 'correct' kind of black. Just ask Trevor Phillips. If these black comedians are offending the woke they're doing something right.

For goodness sake!! How about we have people with zero personalities like bloody androids.

Shit show anyway.

Most comedy is based on stereotypes? Maybe you should focus on differeniating between wiley and kano... WHO ARE TWO SEPERATE PEOPLE. It shouldnt be taken this serious, bloody NORA. 😩

What next , Harry Enfield and Paul whitehouse characters ? 🙄

Since when did academics, the most out of touch and self-important people on the planet, decide our ethics and our comedy for us? There seems to be a bulging gap between these parodies of human beings and the rest of us

What about Shameless then? Depiction of working class council estate types!!? It was funny as, but cld well insult people too. Comedy always walks a thin line! Remember LennyHenry pisstaking of his older generation... still funny. Debate to be had I guess

What about those YoungOffenders perpetrating Irish stereotypes fer fecks sake?

We should just stop comedy completely. The risk of offence is just too great to laugh anymore.

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